jennwiththesea
@jennwiththesea@lemmy.world
I am me and always have been
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 6 months ago:
The concept is wonderful. I do not trust Elon with that concept. I worry that many folks with high hopes of this helping them will just end up used and hurt.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 6 months ago:
According to that site, Napster pays more. Here’s the info on TIDAL: Image
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 6 months ago:
I use Napster. I choose it was back when Spotify paid for the Rogan podcast, from a list of platforms that pay artists more. I’m not sure if that’s true any longer, but look out up! I’ve been really happy with their service. (And it’s really full circle for me, since I used there original service decades ago.)
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 7 months ago:
I think you’re confusing a wealth tax with an income tax. They’re different. As for how these wealthy people pay, it’s not up to the government to figure out how someone pays their taxes. The onus is on the taxpayer.
- Comment on somewhere a postdoc is crying 7 months ago:
Imagine this, but with a sample set that can’t be easily replicated and no one believes that you didn’t doctor them somehow. Not fun.
- Comment on What's your favourite colour? [Non-political version] 8 months ago:
Orange. Pure orange, yellow orange, neon, burnt. Not so much red-orange, but I do love oranges that have a bit of a pink sheen, like padparadscha sapphires.
- Comment on Anime pfps rise up 8 months ago:
How about you just don’t make this kind of analogy in the year 2024?
- Comment on A round of applause for Mike Drucker. 9 months ago:
Swift could easily be 6’5" in the right heals.
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 9 months ago:
- Comment on Against The Storm v1.1 update is out, improving early game variety and bringing a lot of QoL features 10 months ago:
Thanks for the heads up! I haven’t opened this one for a few weeks. Will have to check out the update.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
It just occurred to me that this ability to communicate with a search engine, that everyone used to call Google-fu, was exactly this! It didn’t already know (or think it knew) what you were getting at, and it’s took some practice to figure out how to finesse the results.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
And this post, being on Lemmy, will be indexable by search engines!
- Comment on 1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles 11 months ago:
Well, it’s both. From the article, 2-3 wheelers do account for 60% of the drop: Image
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 11 months ago:
Oh, nice! I didn’t have that one on my radar. Our next family car needs to be either hybrid or EV, and I’ve just started looking.
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 11 months ago:
Or in a five-seater car or crossover. It’s ridiculous. Carseats and boosters are massive, even the ones with the smallest bases. Then after that you need space for sports equipment, musical instruments, other friends, etc. I’m not sure what the solution is here, other than acknowledging that for a few years in a family’s life they’re going to need a bigger vehicle, and it would be great if manufacturers offered a hybrid or EV solution for them, too.
Toyota is finally coming out with a PHEV three row next year, starting around $55k. Not sure who else, besides Rivian with their new fully EV three row at $75k+, which is completely unaffordable for most families.
- Comment on Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts 11 months ago:
Oh, sweet! Thank you. I’ll see if I can figure this out this weekend.
- Comment on Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts 11 months ago:
I went to download it, and apparently I already had! Now to start subscribing to everything again…bleh.
- Comment on Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts 11 months ago:
It is! In a pressure cooker, you can cook beets in a basket over a layer of potatoes and garlic cloves. The beet drippings turn the potatoes pinkish-red. Super fun for kids.
- Comment on Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years 11 months ago:
“Google’s similarity demo uses the same technology to identify pictures of cats, so turning that into the world’s fanciest optical character recognition system sounds pretty doable.”
Oh, well then.
- Comment on 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users 11 months ago:
But why? Why is your DNA more you than literally every thing you’ve ever looked at or expressed an interest in?
I have some answers to this, but I’m always curious to hear where other people’s thoughts go on these issues.
- Comment on Probably saved someone a tire 11 months ago:
Aww, how neighborly!
- Comment on Firefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" option 11 months ago:
I just used this and it was awesome. Just in case you were wondering.
- Comment on The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels 11 months ago:
It’s not even smudge free stainless? LMAO
- Comment on 95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board 11 months ago:
They’ve already been guaranteed spots at Microsoft, by Microsoft. There’s no need for them to pull some 4D chess move.
- Comment on Jeff Bezo is now cosplaying as a working class man. 1 year ago:
The bourgeoisie have always been this way. It is not a new phenomenon.
See, e.g., logo-centric Louis Vuitton purses in the suburbs.
- Comment on Be responsible today 1 year ago:
That’s the exact shape of a certain type of menstrual cup.
- Comment on today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are 1 year ago:
Seriously!! I don’t mind the frequency so much as the absolute SHIT they’re serving up. Conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory. I’ve been skipping some of my favorite creators because I just don’t have the emotional wherewithal to deal with the bullshit every five minutes. It is truly enraging.
I also got a Nebula subscription. It’s not perfect, and I wish more of the people I follow were on there, but it helps so much, mentally. I don’t have to see crappy ads I didn’t sign up for, or feel guilty for using an ad blocker, because the people I follow are getting paid through the subscription.
- Comment on Let's move this along, future boy 1 year ago:
This is the perfect level of grumpy old man.
- Comment on What is a film whose trailer alone presaged its success? 1 year ago:
Barbie, hands down
- Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels 1 year ago:
I tried looking for any studies on this, and all I can find is info on kids. Nothing in adults, except one study that found cognitive benefits to older adults who used social media.
